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Start Over Collection Joel Garreau papers

Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994

Materials pertaining to Garreau's book, "Edge City: Life on the New Frontier" published in 1992. An Edge City is a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional urban area in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers

Series 2: The Nine Nations of North America, 1954/1987

Materials pertaining to Garreau's book, "The Nine Nations of North America" published in 1989. Garreau proposed that instead of the traditional national, state and provincial borders of North America, there exist nine nations whose borders correspond to the economic and cultural similarities of their citizens. The nine nations are: New England, Quebec, The Foundry, Dixie, The Islands, The Breadbasket, Mexamerica, The Empty Quarter and Ecotopia.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers

Shadow Government Dearborn, Michigan, 1988/1990 Box 29, Folder 8

Documents about Dearborn, Michigan. Material includes a Dearborn visitors guide, a pictorial souvenir from the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, transcripts of notes, a transcript of an interview between Garreau and David Lewis the University of Michigan historian of the automobile, a transcript of an interview of John Wright the director of the Henry Ford Museum, John Wright's business card, a Dearborn dining guide, a brochure for the Henry Ford estate, a Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village guide and the 1988 and autumn 1990 event guides for the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers
  3. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
  4. Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

Shadow Government Leisure World 1 of 6, 1989/1990 Box 28, Folder 12

Documents about Leisure World, a planned retirement community in Mesa, AZ. Material includes a Leisure World Directory Map, the August 1989 of Leisure News newspaper, the December 1990 issue of the Leisure World News, Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Leisure World Community Association and the 1991 Leisure World community budget.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers
  3. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
  4. Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

Shadow Government Leisure World 3 of 6, 1989/1990 Box 28, Folder 14

Documents and correspondence about Leisure World, a planned retirement community in Mesa, AZ. Material includes a map of Leisure World, a sales report, correspondence about Leisure World newspaper publication, highlights of the October 1990 Leisure World board of directors meeting, status of Leisure World districts, July 1990 Monthly activity report for Leisure World, a list of the Leisure World board of directors, an events schedule for Leisure World and the March and July 1990 issues of Leisure News.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers
  3. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
  4. Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

Shadow Government Leisure World 4 of 6, 1989/1990 Box 29, Folder 1

Documents and correspondence about Leisure World, a planned retirement community in Mesa, AZ. Material includes the August and November 1990 issues of Leisure News, the December 1990 issue of Leisure World News, notes, a letter to advertisers and a copy of a Lease and Publishing agreement between the Leisure World Community Association and Labyrinth Publications.

  1. George Mason University
  2. Joel Garreau papers
  3. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
  4. Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

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